To report a serious incident to DEM, as required by Section 85(2) of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000, licensees should contact the serious incident reporting hotline on: (08) 8463 6666. For more information please visit the Compliance and Monitoring webpage | DEM-ERD has just released the first “Basin in a Box” data-package covering the Simpson and Pedirka Basins. The dataset is available via the “Data and Publications” page. Each package is a consolidated set of seismic and well data to facilitate new ventures and exploration assessments of frontier basins in South Australia. Data releases for other frontier basins will follow.

Guideline for Petroleum well completion reports

40—Well completion reports

A licensee who undertakes any drilling must furnish to the Minister, within 6 months after rig release, a well completion report in accordance with the requirements of these regulations. Administrative penalty.

A well completion report must include:a) the name and number of the well; and

b) a summary page or pages, located at the beginning to the well found in the report; and

c) a plan that shows -

(i) the location of the well relative to a horizontal control point and a bench mark established not more than 200 metres from the site of the well; and(ii) the latitude and longitude of the well in GDA 94 values, computed within accuracy levels approved by the Minister; and(iii) any permanent references marks established in accordance with these regulations; and(iv) the direction of true north; and(v) any other well and all roads, access tracks, public utilities or substantial buildings or other structures within 300 metres of the site of the well, and any significant topographical, environmental or cultural features; and(vi) where applicable, the boundaries and legal description of the section of land within which the well is situated; and

d) the name of any drilling contractor; and

e) the spud date, the date of rig release, and the total depth drilled (to drillers and loggers depths, in metres); and

f) a summary of the lithologies encountered during the drilling, and a summary of the geological formations taken to have been encountered during drilling; and

g) a composite log, formulated to a scale comparable with the wireline logs used in connection with the drilling, that includes the following: